Cash-conveyer



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i j l UNITED STATES' PATENT @Finca osnon-N'n. HALL,,or-Mannen, MASSACHUSETTS CASH-CONVEYER.

f SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,012, dated February 5, 1884. n Application filed November 30, 1883, (No model.)

' specifically defined in the appended claims.

AThis invention relates to devices -whereby the selling-,clerks in stores or other establishments are enabled to transmit with speed and certainty to the cash-accountant at a centralV fofiice or station the money received from purchasing customers, and such accountant is enabled to return to each selling-clerk the change, if any, which is returnable to the customers, and the :invention consists in the construction and combination of the divers devices enibodiedtherei n,as isherei uafter more particularly and fully set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawing represents in elevation the devices which I employ, certain portions being shown'in section, the better to illustrate interior parts.

In said drawing, Ais a tube, which cxtends from the counter of the selling-clerk to the position or office of the cash-accountant. This tube is of such internal diameter as to furnish a conduit wherein a cash-ball, which contains the money to be transmitted, will readily `move by rolling by force of gravitation, by reason of the incline of the tube.

As a means of passing the cash-ball c into the inclined or upper portion of pipe A, a section, b, is arranged vertical and terminating at such height from the floor as the convenience of the `operator may render expedient. v

In the lower portion of section b, I arrange a plunger, d, provided with a handle, e, and a concave head, f, in which to seat ball c.

Upon the lower end of the pipe is secured aheight, when it is liberated.l An opening, 71,

is arranged in tube b, just above the normal position of headV f, to enable theoperator to readily seat the cashball c in said head. At

the junction of inclined pipe A andvertical `part b the exterior line is swelled at i, to facilitate the passage of the cashball from a vertii cal. to horizontal movement, until it shall have `passed beyond aline projected vertically from and above point j, so as to insure the passage ofthe ball into inclined tube A, when projected, as will be stated. ,n i In use thegcash-ball cis placed in head f by passing it through opening hin tube b, when, by means of handle e, the operatorde- Ilpresses the plunger, the ball retaining its seat -in head f as far as spring c will admit, when, by a sudden release of thehandle, the plunger and ball are shot up'wardby the action of the spring, the plunger being arrested by its head, as shown, while the ball, following the exterior curvature of the pipe, passes into tube iA, and by the incline thereof rolls on till it 'reaches the cash-accountant, when an opening,

as'at m, presents it to the attendant. I also arrange a whistle, k, in depending tube I), above head f, and in a convenient position for the operator, a cover, Z, being hinged to tube b, and closed by a spring,so as to always close aperture 7L, unless opened for the insertion of the cash-ball, the same whistle being available for the operator at either end of the tube, and giving out its sound at the end of the tube "opposite to where the air is forced in to operate it, said whistle'bein g also arranged to serve the tube without interrupting the movement of the ball; and by employing a depending tube, b, having a side passage for inserting the ball, anda plunger and actuating-spring for projecting the ball into the inclined tube A, space is economized and a compact and efficient elevator for the ball is provided.

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I am aware that tubes have been employed in cash-conveyers wherein the cash ball or receptacle was actuated by an air-jet or exhaust 5 hence I do not claim tubes, broadly, for such conduits, my invention in behalf of tubesv being conned to their use as an inclined conduit or way, through which the ball is impelled by gravity after being raised therein.

One thief merit of the use of a tube as an inclined conduit or way for the ball is the fact of its cheapness, as, unlike the tube in the pneumatic conveyer, it neednot either be sufiicient to resist the internal pressure of the airblast, nor be air-tight even,all that is required being that it be oi' sufficient strength to sus tain the ball and protect it from surrounding articles that may be placed next the tube.

I am fully aware of the United States Patent No. 282,893, granted August 7, 1883, and I claim nothing that is shown, described, or claimed therein, my invention differing therefromin the several subject-matters which constitute the basis of my respective claims.

I claim as my invention l. In a cash-conveyer, the combination of an inclined guidingway terminating in a depending section provided with an opening for the insertion of the cash-ball, a plunger arranged in said depending section, and provided with ahead to receive said ball, aspring arranged to be depressed bythe drawing down of said plunger, and adapted to elevate the same when released, and to thereby impel the ball into said inclined way, substantially 4as specilied. i 2. In a cash-conveyer, the combination of inclined conduit A, termina-ting in a depending section, I), having an aperture, h, for the insertion of thecash-ball, plunger d, provided with head f, to receive said ball, and also with a handle by which to depress it, and helical spring c, arranged to be depressed bythe drawing down of said plunger, and when liberated to actuate the same, and thereby impel the ball into the inclined conduit, substantially as specified.

3. In a. cash-conveyer embodying the inclined way A, terminating in depending section b, provided with devices whereby the cash-ball may be impelled from said depending section into the inclined way, an enlargement, i, in the outer angle or line of said wa-y, at the intersection of the inclined and depending sections, whereby an enlarged radius of the curve is obtained, to facilitate the change of direction of the ball, substantially as specilied.

4. In a cash-conveyer, the combination, with a tubular conduit for the cash-ball, of a whistle and speaking devices, whereby said tube may be utilized for transmitting oral messages, substantially as specified.

5. In a cashconveyer, the combination, with suitable devices whereby the cash-ball may be elevated to the requisite height, of` a tubular conduit arranged at an inclination to insure the traversing thereof by said ball by gravity alone when it has been elevated therein, substantially as specified.

osonn n. HALL.`

lVitnesses:

T. WV. PORTER, WM. Y. OBER. 

